Woodley: Welterweight ‘circus’ has to form a damn line, in order
Tyron Woodley: “His name is Queefington – Queefington was supposed to fight me … he called Dana and said, ‘Hey, Dana um, my vagina’s sore, and um, I don’t think I can fight Tyron Woodley.’”
“Clowns to the left of me, Jokers to the right, here I am.”
-Stealers Wheel, and Tyron Woodley
Last week reports surfaced – presumably pressure tactics – that the UFC was considering stripping Colby Covington of his interim belt as he wouldn’t fight in September. Covington countered that the UFC was actually planning on the title unification fight in November or December. Then Darren Till said Woodley had turned down a fight with him.
During a recent episode of his Hollywood Beatdown on TMZ Sports, Woodley said the UFC hadn’t even proposed a unification fight in September.
They never even called me about the fight, said Woodley, as transcribed by Jed Meshew for MMA Fighting. That’s the funny part. [Covington and Rafael dos Anjos] fought June 9th, I never got a call even to fight him. I never got a call.
Covington, in a Trump-like maneuver, has tried to saddle the champ with a nickname – ‘Tyquil’. Not one to turn the other cheek, Woodley has a nickname in return.
I just said, ‘Hey, you won the boo-boo belt, now come get your ass whooped,’ said Woodley. Now all of the sudden – his name is Queefington – Queefington was supposed to fight me and then he said, ‘I talked all the s***, hold on! I gotta actually get in there with this dude and fight him?’ So he called Dana and said, ‘Hey, Dana um, my vagina’s sore, and um, I don’t think I can fight Tyron Woodley.’
Till too didn’t escape Woodley’s ire.
So now I got somebody who hit me up at 2:00 AM on Twitter saying, ‘sign the contract,’ said Woodley. I hate when fighters do that. I don’t have no damn contract and who are you? Didn’t you just miss weight?
If you want to fight me, there’s a proper way to do it. My manager gets paid to set fights up. If you want to fight me have your manager set it up, have Dana White set it up and that’s the deal.
In 364 days, Woodley won the welterweight title and successfully defended it three times. Then he suffered a shoulder injury. He hasn’t fought since beating Demian Maia July 29, 2017, but says he’s back, and the circus has to organize itself into a coherent line.
I don’t know what they’re gonna do, he said. That’s what I told them. I don’t know what fights y’all are talking about. Ain’t nobody offered me s***. Y’all challengers need to better coordinate how y’all are gonna take this ass whooping because I ain’t dealing with the circus.